Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I made a Halloween quilt! I used the Oh Frannson Mix Tape quilt pattern (again), some Halloween printed cottons, beige linen for the sashing, spider web fabric for the backing and spooky tree fabric for the binding.

It's a small quilt that is meant to be used as a wall hanging for the holiday. I sent this one off to a recent swap partner but I have enough fabric left over to make my own!

I still have a lot to learn about quilting and definitely need more practice but I'm enjoying the process.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I found the pattern for this Cat Bat in the book, Plush-O-Rama. It was really fun to make and sewed up pretty quickly. I will be making more of these little hybrid creatures soon! This project is a great way to use up fabric and felt scraps.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

I made these cards with some scraps leftover from a Halloween quilt. I cut the fabric into squares using pinking shears, attached the squares to blank cards using a glue stick and then stitched around the squares with the sewing machine.

I'm going to give this set as a gift so I packaged each card with an envelope and slipped it into a clear plastic sleeve then tied them up with a Halloween ribbon.

These were fun and easy to make and a great way to use up fabric scraps. I'll be making more of these to send and also to give as gifts.